Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-22

he. Sam, this whole thing reminds me
so Of my second wife. She vas 90
fond OF Burns. - :. ...ss@ q
Still, he cannot indorse the senti.
ment OF the following; ST TIL j !
GA literary friend Of mine stopped
over night at q noble mansion on this
coast. and my friend complimented
the Countess on the almost .unparal-
.leled beauty of the situation. Yes
she said that is all true, but it is ut.
terly spoiled by the frightful
fact that when / lay awake
at nights cannot help 1eeii.,x
that there is nothing but the Atlantic
ocean between me and those dreafuld
American savages.' And it was here
that I heard, in another walk in life,
q speciman of that singular obtuse-
ness to verbal humor characteristic OF
all classes of Englishman. Some one
asked the town crier, who in all coun-
try towns 60 about ringing a bell and
shouting auctions, and lost, strayed
or stolen animals aud children, If he
would go around and notify OF the
loss OF pet dog. No. said he
can't cry to-day. My wife died this
morning"
At stonehenge ne meets a typical
guide. After being piled with many
questions, the guide said:
CHI can Railways tell b. Americans
by the h'odd questions they ask.
Now that big stone yonder fell hover
and broke in the year 1897 and when !
told this to one OF your ccuntrymen
he said, swell, did you see it fall?''
"Goo1 heavens" said I, "that was
nearly hundred years ago." Then
I was only last week pointing out to
pretty young h'American lady that
only one day in the year, and that
the longest day, the first rays OF
the rising sun come directly over that
tallest stone and strike on that stone
lying down over there with the letter
aha" on it, which means the alter
"Oh," she said suppose you have
seen it more than g. thousand times. -
Lord bless you, MISS" said I, lit
only happens once q year"
MIR. Depew's more serious style may
be seen in the following:
CATER Mr.. Gladstone had carried
the election on the franchise issue,
and felt behind him the British de-
mocracy, he became another man.
Such q marvellous change never be.
fore occurred in a veteran statesman
seventy five years OF age. Hesitancy,
feebleness of purpose, consideration
for anniversaries amounting to weak
ness, all disappeared, and in their
place the elements of the aggressive,
constructive and uncompromising
reformer became the main springs OF
his action and policy.
The scales fell from his eyes and he
saw the wrongs and remedies OF Eng
lish administrations for Ireland, and
regardless OF it's effect upon his own
political fortunes or those of his party,
he determined to stake everything up
on giving home rule to the Irish. He
saw that thus only could peace and
prosperity be restored to that unhap-
ply people, and this perpetual menace
to the integrity of the British Empire
removed. He believed that in giving
the few remaining years Of his life and
the prestige OF his unequailed popular
ity and power to this cause, he would
in q measure redress the wrongs of CEN
turtles and save his country from dis
ruption. He failed in the election on
this issue because Of the 1000, 600
who voted with hitf not one-tenth
believed in the ideas, and the rest
against their Judgment as to his policy
expressed their devotion to their lead,
er. But the fight educated the people.
More than a century of argument.
and now victory in sight. The next
decade will witness the triumph OF
home rule principles, not only in Ire
land, bnt throughout the kingdom,
and in this grand achievement and it's
benefcient results the brightest and
bestowed name in the annals of Brit
ish statesmen will always be William
E. Gladstone"